Leached vs Illuviation - What's the difference?
leached | illuviation |
(leach)
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A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
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(nautical)
To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.
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To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
(geology) The accumulation of suspended material and soluble compounds leached from an overlying stratum
As a verb leached
is (leach).As a noun illuviation is
(geology) the accumulation of suspended material and soluble compounds leached from an overlying stratum.leached
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*leach
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Noun
(leaches)- "This is the leach ," said Kitty, pointing to a large, yellowish, upright wooden cylinder, which rested on some slanting boards, down the surface of which ran a brownish liquid that dripped into a trough.
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- Heavy rainfall can leach out minerals important for plant growth from the soil.